June 2023 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

 Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our June Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is ... "WEDDING or BABY" - create a card celebrating a new couple or a new baby.

For my card today I used the Paper Frames Pop-up die set for the pop-up mechanism of my card. I have used this previously in A5, Square and even Slimline cards so I figured this time around I would create a 5 inch x 7 inch card, which gives you plenty of room to decorate.

I used the elephant & giraffe from the Safari Animals die set to add the "stuffed toys" to the side panels of the card.

On the top left side of the card I added the "Congrats" die using Word Set 8 - Congrats die set.

On the upper right hand side of my card I used one of the labels from the Labels - Crosshatch die set, to have a place to write a personal message.

Here is a close up view of my Paper Frames pop-up. I added baby themed stamped sentiments to the panels and decorated the edges of the labels using dies from the Baby Charms die set.

For the front of the card, I used the gingham patterned paper I used on the inside of the card. Rather than use a third piece of paper I joined the paper left over from decorating the inside. To hide the join I added the border using the Border Blends - Party die set.

I used the Ovals -  Crosshatch die set for my oval panels which I decorated using dies from the Baby Charms die set and also the "Welcome" from the Welcome die set.

Congratulations Mr & Mrs

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Liz Williams, our challenge hostess for the month finished off the month with one last challenge.

Apparently February is also National Wedding Month. Make a wedding card to send to a couple who might be tying the knot during this month of love.

I have been playing with Creative Expressions Paper Cuts Edger dies lately, so for my card today I pulled out my Champagne Celebration Edger die to make my card today.

I created a square card that measures 5 1/2 inches square. I die cut the edger die from white pearlescent cardstock and then layered this onto a piece of gold pearlescent cardstock. This was then adhered to a side folding white card base.

I die cut the edger again from gold glitter cardstock and added the glitter pieces into the area inside the glasses.

I used the "Mr & Mrs Sentiment" from Spellbinders Mr & Mrs Wedding Cake die set to add the sentiment on the top left of the card. I die cut the sentiment three times from gold cardstock and once from white pearlescent cardstock. I layered the gold pieces together and then layered the white sentiment on top, offsetting the piece.

The "Congratulations" sentiment was created using Spellbinders Wedding Wishes Glimmer Plate set. To create the the solid gold sentiment I also used the Solid Glimmer plate from Pinkfresh Studio, which allows you to use the left over pieces of gold foil to create a solid sentiment. 

To finish off the front of the card, I added gold jewels around the card.

For the inside of the card, I added the border to each edge of the card using Crafter's Companion's Wedding Day Edge'ables die.

To create the pop-up in the centre, I used Karen Burniston's Paper Frames Pop-up die set. 

I added two sentiments to the labels on the pop-up. The first on the left label is from an older Karen Burniston's Best Wishes stamp set from her Elizabeth Craft Designs. These stamps where the perfect size to fit on the labels.

The second sentiment is from Craftin Desert Divas Hitched stamp set. Both sentiment were gold embossed.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Kelly McKown-Santi

Other Supplies:

• Die'sire Wedding Day Edge'ables - Crafter's Companion (discontinued)
• Best Wishes Stamp Set - Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs (discontinued)
• Hitched Stamp Set - Craftin Desert Divas (discontinued)

Karen Burniston/Sassy and Crafty Blog Hop

Welcome to the Karen Burniston (KB Riley) & Sassy and Crafty Blog Hop! Our Design Team members are excited to share their inspiring creations using some of the fabulous products from both these companies.

To celebrate our blog hop we have four great prizes to give away. You will have the chance to win one of two $25 Gift Certificates to use on the Karen Burniston (KB Riley) website or one of two $25 Gift Certificates to use on Sassy and Crafty website.

Make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone's blog post for your chance to win one of these prizes. Winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on ALL THE POSTS received by Saturday 15th May 2021.

I love making Slimline cards and finding ways to use Karen Burniston's Pop-up die sets in them. So for my first card today I created a Landscape Slimline card with a 3/4 length front. This card measures 3 7/8 inches x 8 1/2 inches when closed.

This style of card works well  for the Paper Frames Pop-up die set which is what I used for my card today. I had to go with the wider sized slimline, so that the pop-up element would fit into my card.

I love owls, so when I saw this fun stamp set from Sassy and Crafty ... You're a Hoot stamp set, I knew I needed to use it for my card. I stamped each of the owls and the clothing twice and the branch four times and cut them out so I could decorate my card inside and out.

All the sentiments on this card are also included in the Sassy and Crafty stamp set.

I added the rectangle and Frame from the Slim Flaps and Frames die set to use to add a space to write a personal message.

The front of my card measures 3 7/8 inches x 5 1/2 inches, so that the right side of the inside of the card can be seen when the card is closed.

I used the Crosshatch Ovals die set to add to the front panel, adding the sentiment in the centre. I decorated the oval using two of the owls, branches and flowers.

I used a speech bubble from the Spinner Square Pop-up to add the "whoo whoo" sentiment which part of the sentiment "Guess Whoo" from the owl stamp set.

For my second card today I have a  Rockin' Rectangle Pop-up card using the acetate window on the front. You can find Karen's tutorial on how to create this style of card here. 

When I was looking at Sassy and Crafty's stamps to select which ones to ask for for the hop, I came across this fun Plushies - Friendly Pugs Stamp set. As I have a grand puppy that is a pug, I just had to ask for this set. 

I used Karen Burniston's Alphabet die set to add the "PUG HUGS" sentiment to the narrow strip at the left side of the card. I also added two scallop borders using the Border Blends Argyle die set.

I used the "flying by" sentiment on the inside of the Rockin' Rectangle arm which is  from Sassy and Crafty's You're A Hoot Stamp set ... as the pugs are in a plane it was perfect to use with the image I used on this card. I used oval dies from the Oval Frames Pop-up die set.

The blue background with the white strips was created using Sassy and Crafty's Party Time Stencil. I used Versamark ink to add ink through the stencil onto white cardstock, which I then covered with white embossing powder and heat set. I then used Distress Oxide inks in Tumbled Glass; Broken China and Faded Jeans to add a ombre effect with blue inks.

I also used the speech bubble again for this card, this time stamping the "Celebrate" from the pug stamp set. The speech bubble is from the Spinner Square Pop-up die set.

Well that is about it from me today, thank you for dropping by. The next stop on the hop is the amazing Justin

Here is the order for the blog hop:

Sassy and Crafty

Karen Aicken

Candice

Frances    <<<<< You Are Here >>>>>>

Justin

Kelly

Alison

Fran

Julissa

Sandy

Mindy

Lois

Karen Burniston

Other Supplies:

You're a Hoot Stamp Set - Sassy and Crafty

Plashes Friendly Pugs Stamp Set - Sassy and Crafty

Party Time Stencil - Sassy and Crafty

Grafix Craft Plastic Sheets Clear .020

Really Bug Deal

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I continue to issue the challenges.

Continuing the "S" theme we have this month, and being the third Saturday of the month it's time for a sketch challenge.

For my card today I decided to use Lawn Fawn's A Bug Deal stamp set.

I used Altenew's Beach Towel Stripes Stencil to add some interest to the plain green card base.

The sentiments on the front of the card are from The Greetery's Sentiment Suite - Birthday stamp set.

I added two vertical stripes under the large circle using Karen Burniston's Border Blends - Party die set.

Here is a quick video to see my card in action.

For the inside of the card I created a pop up card using Karen Burniston's Paper Frames Pop-up die set.

I decorated around the pop up card using the A Bug Deal stamp set.

Here is a close up of the top part of the inside of my card.

And finally a close up of the lower portion of the inside of my card.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Karen Ostergard

Kathleen Adams

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Tracey Farr

Lois Bak

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Sweet As A Rose

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  Being a brand new month it's time to introduce our new challenge hostess which is Vicky Gould.

The Birth Flower for June is the Rose. Symbolically, the rose has more meanings including the following: 

• A pink rose means perfect happiness, while a red rose means “I love you.”
• A white rose signifies innocence, purity, and new beginnings. 
• A yellow rose conveys jealousy!
• A bouquet of roses means sincere gratitude, whereas a single rose amplifies the meaning of the color (a single red rose means “I REALLY love you”).   

For our challenge this week make a card with a single rose or a bouquet of roses…or however many roses you want!  Happy Rose Day!

I was given a paper pad a few months ago and I have been wanting to use some of the papers included in it. The flowers on the paper used on this card could be roses, so I decided to use it for the inspiration of my card.

I used Altenew's Sweet Rose Bouquet stamp set and coordinating die set to add the flowers on the main panel of my card. I used Hero Arts Oval Infinity die set for the layers.

I added a birthday sentiment using Taylored Expressions Birthday Simple Strips stamp set and coordinating die set.

I create a pop up card on the inside using Karen Burniston's Paper Frames die set. I added more roses using the altenew stamp set I used on the front of the card.

I added two sentiments to the labels on the pop up portion of the card. The birthday sentiment is from Stamping Village Birthday sentiments stamp set and the 'rose' sentiment is from an older Bebunni stamp set.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Kelly McKown-Santi

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Sweet As A Rose Bebunni stamp set - Crafter's Companion (discontinued)

Super Duper Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Being a brand new month it's time to introduce a new challenge hostess, which is ME!

According to the Days of the Year web site, today is Free Comic Book  Day. For our challenge today being inspired by a Comic Book  … maybe create a comic book layout with any theme or create something that might be included in a comic book eg … super heroes.

I know Super Hero Comic Books are fairly popular, so I decided to go with a Super Hero theme for my card today.

I used Taylored Expressions Color Block Cutting Plate for the base of my card and then used papers from Sunny Studio Stamps Heroic Halftones Paper Pad to include each of the blocks inside the Color Block Frame. 

I used an older MFT Stamps Skyline Border to add along the edge of two of the colored blocks in the frame. I have newer versions of this die, but this one seemed to suit the size of the blocks a lot better.

To decorate my card I used Sunny Studio Stamps Super Duper stamp set.

For the inside of my card I created a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's Paper Frames Pop-up die set. 

I added the patterned paper I used on the front of my card on either side of the inside of the card cutting it down to create a block pattern similar to the front of the card.

I added a few more of the stamps and dies that I used on the front to decorate the card.

For the sentiment I used a few of the words included in the Sunny Studio Stamps Super Duper stamp set. I also added the "Super" die cut which is a die from Heffy Doodle Stamps.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Karen Ostergard

Kathleen Adams

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Tracey Farr

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Solid Skyline Border Die-namics - MFT Stamps (retired)
Skyline Border Die-namics - MFT Stamps (retired)

Stuck Together

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Our challenge hostess Nicky Foden continues to issue the challenges. 

Being the third Saturday of the month it's time of a sketch challenge.

For my card today I used a Spellbinders die set .... Succulent Garden. I used a square from Elizabeth Craft Designs Dashing Squares die set.

The strips under the square were cut using a guillotine using patterned paper.

I added a sentiment along the bottom of the card which is from an MFT Stamps stamp set.

For the inside of the card I added a pop-up die using Karen Burniston's Paper Frames Pop-up die set. The card is a little bit narrow really for the die, but I can close the card so it pop-up can't be seen.

I added sentiments to the pop-up panel using a Darcie stamp set.

On either side of of the card I added another die cut cacti using the dies from the Spellbinders die set.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Karen Ostergard

Kathleen Adams

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Tracey Farr

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Succulent Garden Die Set - Spellbinders (retired??)